Myth: Tobacco Plants Are Only For Smoking: Difference between revisions
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===2019: [https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tobacco-plants-made-to-produce-useful-compounds/ Tobacco Plants Made to Produce Useful Compounds]=== | ===2019: [https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/tobacco-plants-made-to-produce-useful-compounds/ Tobacco Plants Made to Produce Useful Compounds]=== | ||
*"But tobacco is also used a lot in scientific research. And a new study shows tobacco can be genetically engineered to churn out large amounts of a commercially important bacterial enzyme known as cellulase. The enzyme has many industrial uses, including as an agent in the production of biofuel...University of Illinois plant biologist Justin McGrath is a co-lead author of the study. He says the work could lead to lower costs for producing useful proteins like enzymes and some vaccines. That’s because it can be way cheaper to cultivate tobacco plants in a field than to grow genetically modified yeast and other microbes indoors in large fermenters." | *"But tobacco is also used a lot in scientific research. And a new study shows tobacco can be genetically engineered to churn out large amounts of a commercially important bacterial enzyme known as cellulase. The enzyme has many industrial uses, including as an agent in the production of biofuel...University of Illinois plant biologist Justin McGrath is a co-lead author of the study. He says the work could lead to lower costs for producing useful proteins like enzymes and some vaccines. That’s because it can be way cheaper to cultivate tobacco plants in a field than to grow genetically modified yeast and other microbes indoors in large fermenters." | ||
===2019: [https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/09/19/132948/a-material-derived-from-tobacco-is-as-strong-as-wood-or-plastics/ A material derived from tobacco is as strong as wood or plastics]=== | |||
*"This team has found a way to turn cells from tobacco plants into a hugely strong material with wood-like mechanical properties. “We have developed a new method to create natural biocomposite materials based on plant cells,” they say. “[The materials’] stiffness and strength surpass that of commercial plastics of similar density, like polystyrene, and low-density polyethylene, while being entirely biodegradable.” | |||
===2010: Patent Application: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110287681A1/en Textiles and Process for Making Textiles and Dyes from Tobacco Plants]=== | ===2010: Patent Application: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110287681A1/en Textiles and Process for Making Textiles and Dyes from Tobacco Plants]=== | ||